HD to mkv .....the options are endless!!!! - Page 8

Hi videyes,
Thanks for the update ....been meaning to add a complete Blu Guide too but work has been pretty busy at the mo. Will hopefully get it done next weekend. I will include subs with it then and also seamless branching titles etc. May also add some extra stuff.

Hi Gangle,
That really is a strange one ....the fact you just used an ac3 file instead of flac shouldn't make any difference. How big is the resulting file from mkvmerge? What player are you using for playback etc? What compression is used on the origional disc? Would like to figure this out for you, not had anything like this myself.
Cheers,
Jiff.

Yeah I hear that , don't think that we lost too much though. Could have been much worse ....Think it was you that posted last yesterday but I was unable to get in to the last page to read your post. Anything important?
Cheers,
Jiff.

Hi Ewingr,
Yes you are correct I have not yet finnished writing the Blu guide ....This is more intended to show advanced features but will of course cover the basics as well in order to build on. You are correct that blu is very simular to HD-DVD, the only real differance is with file structure between the two formats and also with some titles you have seemless branching titles too which I will detail in the guide. I should have it done early next week, work has just been relentless at the mo but it will be there. I'm personally using a combination of MPC and TMT (diff machines) but as long as TheaterTek supports mkv file format then it should work just fine with any file produced using these methods. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Jiff.

Hi Mark,
Sorry it took me a while to get back to you ....you are correct that its the asharp filter that causes this I have seen it before and to be honest I'm not sure why it does this. Most people don't experience it all but the occasional person does ....go figure! It may be something to do with the combination of Directshow filters that is created to decode the video depending on the codecs that you have installed. Not sure. What I do know is that asharp was never designed to do what we are asking it to do (origionally a post proccesing filter for use with ffdshow) and some undesirable effects are caused when its placed in the wrong possition depending on the filter combination. If you really want to use it then I would try putting it in after the resize options and have a look at the preview. If its still their then I'm affraid to say you are one of the unlucky ones but don't worry too much it doesn't really effect quality too much if you don't use it. Hope that is helpful.


These are the result of a combination of things ....the thing about HD video is that it has a really unusual refresh rate (23.976) this can be proccesed to produce a 60Hz image but it is not perfect by any means and we are working with codecs and renderers that were never designed to deal with such rates. In the long run differant renders and graphics cards etc deal with it differantly so to answer your qs no their is nothing wrong with either the player or the video, it is just that the player needs to be set up to deal with this unusual refresh rate. The reason video speeds up is to keep in time with audio which will be output to match your display settings but the video is running at a different rate but trying to do the same speed as the graphics card while your renderer is trying to stay faithful to the videos native refresh rate. It would seem that zoom reads and matches the headers better for your sys config thats all. What ever works for you at the end of the day.
Cheers,
Jiff.

That would actually make sense it is possibly a problem with using the arcsoft h264 filter and asharp (I think when acturbo had this problem he used TMT), like I said before it was designed to be used with ffdshow (and I know from experience it works ok with coreAVC too). It is possible that blocking arcsoft and having ffdshow installed would eliminate the problem. I will investigate. Needless to say it doesn't make that much diff anyway (more use for older softer films) so I wouldn't really worry if you can't get it to work right away. I'll keep you posted if I get to the bottom of it. Yeah fasteer computers do make this work a whole lot easier ....recently built a new Q6600 machine and that can do a whole encode in ~4-5 hours when my older pentium D used to take ~15-20 hours ....how times change. Good luck mate.
Cheers,
Jiff.

Hi Mark,
Sounds like a codec issue .....may be that HA is an issue with the codecs you are using. What codecs are you using (decoding i.e. Arcsoft) and for that matter what type of compression is used in your mkv's i.e. VC-1, AVC etc? I'm not really that familiar with VMC myself but most directshow players can be diagnosed using graphedit (drop your mkv into graphedit and you should see what filters are being used). Also what card does your new 9600GT replace?
Cheers,
Jiff.

Sorry but no this is the easiest method and is used by many so their is very good peer involvement for people with problems.Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Jiff.

If your just planning on making a direct backup i.e. no re-encode to lower bitrates/resolutions etc then it will take about the same time as it does to rip the disc in the first place plus time taken to mux the audio video tracks back together ~1 hour give or take 15 mins. If you have AnyDVD running in the background and do it strait from the disc then eac3to will demux the streams as it rips them from the disc into individual audio and video streams ...pretty much done in real time with the speed of ripping. Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Jiff.